Life, 1927-04-07 · page 15 of 59
Life — April 7, 1927 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three distinct pieces: 1. **Main Cartoon**: A street scene showing well-dressed men and a boy discussing sightseeing plans. The caption suggests dividing tourist attractions—museums, public buildings, churches, and graveyards—to efficiently "see the whole town." The satire mocks systematic tourism and the assumption that graveyards are tourist destinations worthy of planned visits. 2. **"It's All in the Knack"**: A humorous article about earning extra money through various skills (safe-cracking, baseball expertise, etc.), playing on the then-popular typewriter advertisement slogan about "the knack" for writing. 3. **"Don't Ask Me Another! No. 3"**: A cartoon showing a crowded vehicle, with an inquisitive reader's question below about French lace-making nuns. This appears to be early 20th-century satirical content mixing humor with advertising.
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il “NOW, PATHER, WE’VE JUST GOT ONE DAY HERE, AN’ MY IDEE 18 THIS: YOU AN’ JUNIOR ATTEND TO THE CHURCHES AN’ GRAVEYARDS. “TF you have the knack,” says a typewriter advertisement, “extra money is so easily earned writing articles or stories.” It then goes on to say that fifty dollars was recently the reward for two hours’ pleasant work on a C. _ The logic is not only pleasant but faultless. You can easily earn extra money with a D—— crowbar, if you have the knack of cracking safes. If you have the knack of pleading suc- MUSEEMS AN’ PUBLIC BUILDIN It’s All in the Knack cessfully before the bar, an E. brief case will make you independent for life. There’s a lot of extra jack to be had from a baseball bat, if you have the knack of pasting them over the fence with the precision of Babe Ruth. You can expect similar re- turns from a stethoscope, or a sex- tant, or a paint brush, or a violin— if you have the knack. But you must, evidently, have the knack. Don’t Ask Me Another! » AND IRENE AD IN THAT WAY WE'LL SEE THE WHOLE TOWN.” VLL pO THE I want to get in on the ground floor of this. Has anybody the name and address of a good, reliable knack manufacturer? H.W. H. Litany FrroM the stranger at the party who happens to have really been in the foreign cities which I describe as having visited myself, good Lord, deliver me! Inquisitive Clara: BY WHAT NAME ARE THE LACE-MAKING NUNS OP FRANCE GENERALLY KNOWN? (Answer on page 47.) comicbooks.com